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Month: April 2022

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Trauma-informed therapy

Trauma-informed therapy

Quite a few years back now I was working as a Women’s Health Coach and Personal Trainer with a special interest in working with women who had experienced physically and / or psychologically traumatic births at the same time as studying my Masters in Counselling.  I had this realisation that when working as a trainer, coach or any kind of fitness professional there was a very real chance of working with people who had experienced some kind of trauma that might interfere with their ability to engage in exercise. 

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Self-appreciation

Self-appreciation

Not a phrase that is used very often, self-appreciation is as misunderstood as it is misused in everyday language.  In psychological terms it’s closely associated to self-esteem, self-worth and one of my all-time favourites, self-compassion.  As I’m writing this it is Easter Sunday and I’ve spent most of the weekend so far knee-deep in research for a Literature Review that I’m working on for Uni and whilst I’ve been grappling with things that I’ve found difficult and have challenged me, I’ve been acutely aware of my own inner talk.  So, this week’s blog is coming straight from a place of personal reflection and learning – I hope it’s helpful to you in some way.

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Positive / Protective Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACES)

Positive / Protective Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACES)

So last week I spent a bit of time unpacking the research behind the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES) that took place in the 1990’s and has shaped our understanding of trauma and its long-term effects.  In more recent years this original work has been added to by a range of other insights including:

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

I’m a therapist who has a special interest in trauma and a big part of that interest and specialisation comes from my own lived experiences as a child and later as an adult, and my own personal experiences of ‘trauma’ is absolutely something that informs how I work with my clients.  One of the most fascinating aspects of working with trauma in its most broad definition – which includes everything from attachment trauma, childhood neglect and abuse, through to sexual abuse, family violence, loss and incident-based traumas like car crashes, bushfires, or floods

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